linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/39] Implement kernel-doc in Python

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Message-ID: <8734g214c7.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:33:44 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Bingbu Cao
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 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, Takashi Sakamoto
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/39] Implement kernel-doc in Python

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> writes:

> There's no need to rush things there, provided that people refrain
> touching the Perl version of kernel-doc. So yeah, postponing it to
> the next merge window makes sense to me. Perhaps we should announce
> somewhere that we're in the process of doing such replacement, asking
> people to wait for 6.15-rc before sending any changes to kernel-doc.

I have no problem with sending an announcement ... but I wouldn't worry
about a flood of changes to the Perl script creating more work.  There's
not a lot of people willing to dive into that thing in the first
place...

Thanks,

jon